Miscellaneous papers and legal instruments under the hand and seal of William Shakspeare : including the tragedy of King Lear, and a small fragment of Hamlet, from the original mss. in the possession of Samuel Ireland, of Norfolk Street

by: Ireland, W. H. (William Henry), 1777-1835; Ireland, Samuel, -1800, editor; Egerton, Thomas (Bookseller), bookseller; Robson, James, 1733-1806, bookseller; Faulder, Robert, 1747 or 1748-1815, bookseller; Sael, George, 1760 or 1761-1799, bookseller; Barton, Thomas Pennant, 1803-1869, former owner; B. and J. White, bookseller; Leigh and Sotheby, bookseller; Cooper and Graham, bookseller

Publication date: 1796

Topics: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, Literary forgeries and mystifications, Forgery of manuscripts

Publisher: London : Printed by Cooper and Graham, published by Mr. Egerton, Whitehall; Messrs. White, Fleet Street; Messrs. Leigh and Sotheby, York Street, Covent Garden; Mr. Robson and Mr. Faulder, New Bond Street; Mr. Sael, opposite St. Clement's Church

Collection: bplsctpbs; bostonpubliclibrary; americana

Digitizing sponsor: Associates of the Boston Public Library

Contributor: Boston Public Library

Language: English

Pages 153-154 misnumbered 155-156

Page 156 followed by blank leaf. Page 130 misnumbered 301

Frontispiece signed: "Sam Ireland fe."

Spurious documents, forged by William Henry Ireland, edited by his father, Samuel Ireland

Signatures: [a]́þ-ćþ Áþ-Ćþ D℗ø B́þ-X́þ Y℗ø

ESTC

C & C

Boston Public Library. Barton collection catalogue

Cataloged

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy cataloged under call no. G.3953.23 halfbound, by the Rau firm, of Philadelphia, in green morocco and marbled paper. The armorial bookplate of the Barton Library is present on the front pastedown

Notes

Irregular pagination. No table-of-contents pages found.

Addeddate: 2016-01-21 13:20:16

Associated-names: Ireland, Samuel, -1800, editor; Egerton, Thomas (Bookseller), bookseller; Robson, James, 1733-1806, bookseller; Faulder, Robert, 1747 or 1748-1815, bookseller; Sael, George, 1760 or 1761-1799, bookseller; Barton, Thomas Pennant, 1803-1869, former owner; B. and J. White, bookseller; Leigh and Sotheby, bookseller; Cooper and Graham, bookseller